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		asddubs on Aug 13, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Epic Games has filed legal papers in response to A... even so, there's no reason a filtering of software for anti-malware purposes must be conflated with the private entity also arbitrarily deciding what software is and isn't allowed. they could do one without the other

dijit on Aug 13, 2020 [–]

What you said makes no sense whatsoever.

A platform that filters will remove things, unless your speaking from the pulpit of “the algorithm”.

asddubs on Aug 13, 2020 | [–]

yes but filtering malicious code and filtering by arbitrary criteria are not the same thing.

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